Use of the levonorgestrel 52-mg intrauterine system in adolescent and young adult solid organ transplant recipients: a case series

Contraception. 2017 Apr;95(4):378-381. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2016.11.008. Epub 2016 Dec 7.

Abstract

This case series reports on the safety and efficacy of the levonorgestrel 52-mg intrauterine system in adolescent and young adult solid organ transplant recipients. All patients used the device for contraception, with no documented cases of disseminated pelvic infection or unplanned pregnancy.

Keywords: Adolescent; Intrauterine device; Levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system; Solid organ transplant.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Contraceptive Agents, Female / administration & dosage*
  • Female
  • Heart Transplantation
  • Humans
  • Intestine, Small / transplantation
  • Intrauterine Devices, Medicated*
  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Levonorgestrel / administration & dosage*
  • Liver Transplantation
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Pregnancy
  • Transplant Recipients*
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Contraceptive Agents, Female
  • Levonorgestrel